Community reactions to Fortnite's controversial v8.20 update – Ninja, CouRage and more

Fortnite's second major update of season 8 is also one of the game's most controversial.

Many things changed in the game, including new additions and changes to The Baller and Infantry Rifles, but the community has been fixed at three points.

In the Fortnite v7.40 update, Epic added features they had attempted in pop-up cups for the main game.

They included bringing down the aggregate materials from 3000 to 1500 by capping each material slot at 500, adding a 50 health siphon / shield for each killing and increasing the rate of harvest.

In v8.20, these updates were returned. They still live in Arena Mode, but the main game will no longer have these features.

The reactions were quick and decisive from the biggest names in society, but when you break down the changes, they begin to make some more sense.

I will cover the flipside of these reactions in another article on the site soon where I will represent the casual player base, but for now here are some of the most interesting responses to Fortnite's v8.20 update.

Ninja declined to offer a "hot take" and wants the meta to hit a bit first:

Ultimately, this list could continue and continue. Almost every streamer playing Fortnite half consistently had some kind of meaning. But this change was not for them. This change was the first step in Epic's final separation of the casual and competitive player bases.

If Epic did it the right way, it's still to be seen, but at some point the two paths seem to split and v8.20 seems like the first divergence.

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